Nephelium is a genus of about 25 species of flowering plants in the family Sapindaceae, native to southeastern Asia.
They are evergreen trees with pinnately compound leaves, and edible drupaceous fruit; one species, N. lappaceum (rambutan) is commercially important for its fruit. The genus is closely related to Litchi and Dimocarpus.
Species Image Scientific name Common name Distribution Nephelium aculeatum Rambutan-utan Borneo (Sabah) Nephelium chryseum China, Borneo, the Philippines, and Vietnam Nephelium compressum Borneo Nephelium costatum Malaysia Nephelium cuspidatum Lotong, sibauBorneo Nephelium daedaleum Borneo Nephelium hamulatum Peninsular Malaysia Nephelium havilandii Borneo (Sarawak) Nephelium hypoleucum Korlan Indo-China to Peninsular Malaysia (Kedah) Nephelium juglandifolium Peninsular Malaysia to western Java Nephelium lappaceum Rambutan Thailand to western Malesia Nephelium laurinum Southern Thailand to western Malesia Nephelium macrophyllum Borneo Nephelium maingayi Redan Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo Nephelium meduseum Borneo Nephelium malaiense Philippines Nephelium melanomiscum syn. Nephelium xerospermoides Hairless rambutan Southern Indochina to Peninsular Malaysia Nephelium melliferum Southern Indochina to Peninsular Malaysia Nephelium papillatum Borneo (Sabah) Nephelium ramboutan-ake Kapulasan Peninsular Malaysia Nephelium reticulatum Borneo Nephelium subfalcatum Western Malesia Nephelium toong Indochina Nephelium topengii Hainan Nephelium uncinatum Nicobar Islands to western Malesia
References
External links Sorting Nephelium names e-Floras search results for Nephelium